The National Park Service will allow weapons to be carried in the Smokies after the overturning of a federal rule restricting weapons in national parks and wildlife refuges.
The Park Service said Monday the agency will recognize concealed carry permits from Tennessee and North Carolina, beginning in January.
NPS spokesman Bob Miller in Gatlinburg said under current regulations, firearms can be brought into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park only when cased or trigger-locked and left in vehicles.
The new regulations will allow people who have valid permits to carry concealed weapons to keep them on their person.The new rules will apply to permits holders from Tennessee, North Carolina and states with which they have reciprocal agreements.
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